COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTIONDominion Millennium is a very strong ale brewed in the English Barley Wine style. Often called the "sherry of the beer world", barley wine is best sipped at warmer temperatures, and should be enjoyed in moderation, as it contains twice the alcohol of regular beers.

Amber-brown pour, slight off-white head. Strong caramel, honey and alcohol aroma. A bit of a tannic oak bite after a sweet fruity flavor. Medium body, mild carbonation. This is a heavy beer both in alcohol content and in flavor... no seconds needed.

12 oz bottle into a Chimay goblet.
A: Pours a dark amber color with good clarity. While the head is quite creamy, it only pours about half a finger high (eggshell shade) and doesnít even have good retention to make up for it. Small hints of lacing are left on the glass.
S: Immediately, I notice a boozy character, albeit a defined and non-harsh one. Caramel is (expectedly) strong here, along with toffee, earth, leather, and even something suggesting candy-coated hops. Honey is a lesser characteristic semi-hidden underneath the primary notes. Aromatically, there isnít much to get excited about, but by no means is it unsatisfactory.
T: It starts with a healthy nutty flavor. Itís past the midpoint where this one gets interesting. Thereís just enough hoppiness here - existing as a slight herbal (and, at points, even citrusy) tone on the back end - to ballast the sweetness without coming off like some big DIPA. Did I mention itís boozy? Thereís no monstrous sugar note here (it is a bit sweet and candy-like at times, but hey itís 10.5%) to cover the alcohol, so the latter is rather prevalent. However, it does its job well: it gives the beer some complex nuance without being ruinously burning or unbalanced. Itís both complex AND well-integrated, so in that regard, itís a big success.
M: While itís boozy, it isnít a harsh booziness. Plus, itís rather dry. While it could use a longer finish by all means, that means this one is easy to drink, even with its full body. Maybe I should call it an easy sipper...yeah, thatís perfect, easy sipper.
O: This is a barleywine for barleywine lovers. Itís boozy, kind of challenging, but drinkable to those who can handle it. Itís a fantastic aging candidate - too bad the twist-off cap is going to oxidize it too quickly...

Draft. Deep copper with thin beige head. Strong aroma of fruit esters (raspberries), caramel sweetness, and resinous hops. Heavy body with resinous hop bitter, medium sweetness and a bitter finish. I expected more malt presence and it feels more like an American than an English Barley Wine.

This bottle is about 5 years old, and is an ABV of 10. Pours thick dark brown amber with a beige head. Aroma is sweet honey and malts, quite beautiful! The flavor brings some big sweet malty booze with some aged sweet alcohol, Body is medium, not too big but welcoming for the ABV.

Interesting take on a barley wine. Very good boozy, hoppy, and possibly a hint of honey aroma. The pour is copper with a nice white head that leaves a good ring of lacing. The taste is somewhat sweet upfront but abruptly finishes quite bitter. Pretty unique and overall a solid beer.

12 Fl. Oz. Bottle. Poured in a nice brownish amber hue with a nice off white head that left a lot of lacing. Aroma of malts and fruit, some booze in there too. Taste is sweet and fruity too, some honey in there and a nice hop bitterness towards the end. Nice and super enjoyable beer, but it
is to be drank slowly.

Bottle pour 2012 stamp..medium amber hue..incredible amount of tight carbonated bubbles..1/2 finger head leaving some good lacing..quite a bit of haze when held up to the light when you look for it through the carbonation..honey is literally bursting out on first whiff yet it does dissipate a bit..mouthfeel is medium bodied with some slight caramel stickiness that is not overly boozy at first..but on linger you know this is a relatively big..warming beer..has some grapefruit pithy notes on finish that make this interesting all around..one of better offerings yet to date from this outfit in Dover..worth a try..

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